Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: Jess C. Neely Conference: Southwest-
1950 Season Highlights
Jess C. Neely enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Rice.
1950 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 30 vs. Santa Clara
27
7
W
Sat., Oct. 7 vs.
Louisiana State
35
20
W
Sat., Oct. 14 @
Pittsburgh
14
7
W
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Southern Methodist
21
42
L
Sat., Oct. 28 vs.
Texas
7
35
L
Sat., Nov. 4 vs.
Texas Tech
13
7
W
Sat., Nov. 11 @
Arkansas
9
6
W
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Texas A&M
21
13
W
Sat., Nov. 25 vs.
Texas Christian
14
26
L
Sat., Dec. 2 @
Baylor
7
33
L
1950 Season Totals
Record 6-4
Points Scored 168
Scoring Average 16.8
Points Allowed 196
Defense Average 19.6
Opponents Record 44-47
Conference Record 2-4
Home Record 3-3
Away Record 3-1
1950 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1950 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1950 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.